8.10: new adept manager unusable

[Tony Green]

Binary package hint: adept

The new adept manager installed with 8.10 does not function properly.

Biggest problem: it doesn't show all available packages. In fact when you search for a package, it shows an entirely wrong set of packages. For example. Search for "apache". There's no sign of any apache packages shown, but Adept lists
libclucene, libssl,librpc-xml-perl and ksystemlog. Apache CAN be installed using "apt-get install apache2" so the repository list obviously knows about it.

This is a real pain because I seem to be lacking some Apache support files and with a working Adept I could find them, but with this I can't.

The "state" and "requested" section is also totally un-intuitive. I THINK I've just about worked it out now, but I'm not certain about that.

[Tony Green (ubuntu-beermad-deactivatedaccount)]

This is not a duplicate of bug 285050, as that is a wishlist entry, whereas this is in fact a report of the application being non-functional.

Wanting an application that actually does what it's supposed to be should be considered as more than just a "wish".